Hinata Hyūga (日向ヒナタ, Hyūga Hinata) is a member of Konohagakure's Hyūga clan. Being of a meek disposition, Hinata's lack of self-confidence reflected in her skills — traits that caused her father to deem that she was not suited for her position as the clan's heiress. From observation of Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata finds both an example to follow to be more assertive, and a person to love. In her membership with Team Kurenai, she sought to become strong enough to change herself, if even a little at a time.

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Background

Hinata as a child.

Hinata is the elder daughter of the Hyūga clan head, Hiashi, and as the first-born, was the heiress to the clan's main house. From the beginning, because of her position, Hiashi had high expectations for Hinata and subjected her to long hours of arduous training, leaving little time for Hinata to have a normal childhood. After the end of another conflict between Kumogakure and Konohagakure, one night, Hinata was kidnapped by a head ninja from Kumogakure, who under the guise of striking a peace treaty with Konoha, had actually been sent there to steal the Byakugan. Her father killed the would-be kidnapper to save her, but Kumogakure demanded compensation in the form of Hiashi's dead body due to having signed a peace treaty with the village only moments before. This ultimately resulted in the death of Hinata's uncle, Hizashi, who sacrificed himself in order to protect his clan and village.[7] This incident was particularly significant in shaping Hinata's early relationship with her cousin, Neji.

Hiashi instructs Hinata and Hanabi to fight each other.

After Hinata gained a brutal beating from sparring Neji, both Hinata's father and grandfather began doubting her potential, especially when her sister Hanabi's own prowess began rivalling Hinata's, despite being five years younger. Ultimately, it was decided Hinata and Hanabi would duel to decide the future heir of their clan. While the two sisters began fighting on par with each other, Hinata soon had an opening to win, but hesitated in not wanting to hurt her sister, to which Hanabi quickly counterattacked and won the duel. As a result, her frailty disheartened her father, which made Hinata lose her position to Hanabi. As her father chose to focus and develop Hanabi, he left Hinata under Kurenai Yūhi's care and protection, deeming her a lost cause due to her lack of drive. Hinata's strained relationship with her father caused her to lose more faith in herself and she would often spend her time alone, crying.[8][9]

Hinata's first encounter with Naruto.

It wasn't until she met Naruto that her perception changed drastically: On a snowy day while preparing to enrol at the Academy, Hinata was degraded by a group of three bullies for her Byakugan. Naruto, who had witnessed the event, refused to let them insult her and came to her defence. Since they outnumbered him, the bullies had beaten him up and trampled over his red scarf. Surprised by how much Naruto stood up for someone he didn't know, Hinata thanked him while Naruto let her keep the scarf since it was ruined.[6] Ever since then, Hinata developed a strong admiration towards Naruto, and because he was treated as an outcast by almost everyone in the village, she found herself able to relate with his desire to be acknowledged and praised. She was also amazed that despite having nothing and no one to rely on, Naruto never gave up in believing he could become something great like Hokage. Inspired by his determination, Hinata decided to try her best to become strong so she could be acknowledged as well, and adopted Naruto's nindō of never giving up. Her admiration for Naruto eventually grew into love, despite warnings from her elders to stay away from him.[10]

Personality

Hinata is characterised as shy, thoughtful, serene, kind, and very polite, as noted from her always addressing people with proper honourifics. She is also very gentle, a trait that Neji and her father used to consider a flaw, and dislikes competing and fighting. She is shown to be incredibly empathetic, and because of her upbringing, she is one of the very first people who identifies with Naruto's painful childhood and desire to be acknowledged.[11]

Back in her childhood, as a result of her clan's high expectations as their heiress and her father's gruelling training and him deeming her as a failure, Hinata had become very timid and lacked self-confidence.[3] However, she has shown to be a very hard worker as she continuously strived to change herself for the better, though initially this lack of self-confidence would hinder her on missions.[12] As the series progressed, Hinata became more decisive and more open about her opinions, and by the time of the Fourth Shinobi World War, her bravery and self-confidence had extended to the point where she was willing to put her own life on the line for her village, friends, and family.[13]

By the end of Part I, Hinata was able to foster better relations with both Neji and her father and started training with them, as well as growing closer and stronger together as a family.[14] She is especially caring towards her little sister, Hanabi, to the point where she was hesitant to hurt her, even during their match to determine the heir to their clan.[9] Two years after the war, when Hanabi was captured by Toneri Ōtsutsuki, Hinata went to great lengths to save her, such as seemingly agreeing to become Toneri's wife, reluctantly betraying Naruto, and taking back Hanabi's eyes.[6]

Hinata is also the closest to her sensei Kurenai, who is not only interested in Hinata's growth as a ninja but also as a person. She knew Hinata's personal struggles and unlike her demanding father, Kurenai tried her best to coach Hinata in ways in which she knew her pupil would best respond. After Hinata was knocked down for the final time by Neji in the Chūnin Exams, Kurenai silently congratulated her student's resolve and perseverance. Kurenai was aware of Hinata's feelings for Naruto and encouraged her to confess to him. At Hinata's wedding, Kurenai was proud of Hinata for achieving her dream of being with Naruto. Hinata gets along well with her team-mates. Kiba has become one of her closest friends, and his actions toward her are often motivated by his concern for her, such as when he urged her to forfeit if she was matched against Neji or Gaara during the Chūnin Exams. Kiba was also aware of her feelings for Naruto, and he had a tendency to tease her a lot about them. Shino possesses a quiet confidence in Hinata, and will make a point of assuring others when they doubt or worry about her.

Hinata's dream of herself alongside Naruto.

Hinata's growing self-confidence mainly comes from her long-standing admiration for Naruto, as she is inspired by his determination to never give up. In the beginning, Hinata was very shy around Naruto, constantly blushing and stuttering when talking with him, but as the series progressed, she became more comfortable around Naruto and her admiration towards him grew into affection, and eventually she fell in love with him, despite his quirks and how others criticise him. Hinata also has an unshakeable faith in Naruto, believing that he will one day achieve his goal of becoming Hokage. During Pain's assault on Konoha, Hinata finally confessed her feelings to Naruto and was also willing to risk her life to protect him.[15] After Neji was killed by Obito Uchiha, Hinata, although lamenting over her cousin's death, pulled herself together and prevented the Uchiha from shattering Naruto's spirit by reiterating their shared nindō.[16] Her feelings for Naruto and being alongside him have ultimately become her greatest desire, as shown through the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Two years after the war, Hinata was briefly sullen because she thought she had lost her chance to be with Naruto. Ironically, when Naruto began to realise his love for Hinata, she was oblivious to it like he was to her, and it took him accidentally confessing to her in order for her to recognise this. After Naruto defeated Toneri and stated that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Hinata, she became so happy that it moved her to tears.[6]

After becoming a mother, Hinata became more mature and seemingly gained a stricter side, having to remind her children not to run outside in the snow barefoot as they embraced their father. However, she is not above joining in their fun, such as having a snowball fight with them and her husband.[6]

Appearance

Hinata has dark blue hair and fair skin - traits that she inherited from her mother. She also has the customary white eyes of her clan, which have a tinge of lavender in the anime. She is usually seen with a timid, shy expression in Part I, but less so in Part II, with the exception of when she is around Naruto. Like the rest of her clan, she possesses the renowned Byakugan which, when activated, stimulates the veins and arteries immediately around her eyes to protrude much more prominently.

Hinata in Part II.

In Part I, her hair was in a short, levelled hime-cut style just above her forehead, with chin-length strands framing her face. She wore a cream-coloured hooded-jacket with a fire symbol on the upper right and left sleeves and fur around the cuffs and hem, with navy blue pants. After earning her genin rank, she wore her Konoha forehead protector around her neck. At the Chūnin Exams finals, Hinata wore a long-sleeved, light blue blouse with a high collar, and dark blue pants. While at home, she was seen in the traditional Hyūga garb, consisting of a simple, loose-fitting robe with different coloured trimmings, and an under-shirt.[17]

In Part II, Hinata retained her straight, hime-style haircut, but she had let her hair grow to reach her lower back, while the short strands that frame her face had grown to shoulder-length. Her figure had also grown to become much more womanly. She also donned an attire comprised of a loose fitting, lavender and cream hooded-jacket with lavender cuffs over mesh armour with navy blue pants and black, low-heeled sandals. Although she still wore her forehead protector around her neck, its colour had changed from blue to black. In one of the omakes, she was seen wearing a beige apron and light blue scarf tied in a bandanna style. In another omake, she was seen in a casual outfit that consisted of brown capri pants, brown sandals, and a dark green, hood-less jacket with a fire symbol on the upper-right side of her chest. The cuffs of the jacket were rolled up to the middle of her forearms; the inside of the jacket was shown to be cream-coloured. Hinata had a light lavender blouse underneath. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she donned the standard uniform of her village inclusive of flak jacket. Instead of wearing the forehead protector of the Allied Shinobi Forces, she has seemingly opted not to wear one at all.

Hinata in The Last: Naruto the Movie.

Hinata's casual attire in The Last: Naruto the Movie.

Hinata's casual attire with a jacket in The Last: Naruto the Movie.

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Two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War at age 18, Hinata has changed her previous outfit to a slightly more revealing and form-fitting one. She is now seen wearing a light lavender, sleeveless kimono-style blouse with vertical lines, tied with a dark purple obi around her waist. She wears a pair of short dark navy shorts with thigh-high stockings, revealing parts of her upper thighs, and has changed her regular ninja sandals to black high-heeled boots. Hinata's hair also increased slightly in volume and grows to hip-length. She also no longer wears her forehead protector. While off-duty, she wears a grey long-sleeved shirt underneath a pink shirt, black pants underneath a long cream-coloured skirt with pink horizontal stripes, and a pair of brown sandals. She is also seen wearing a lavender hooded-jacket. After Hinata was brainwashed by Toneri during their marriage ceremony, she wore a black long and sleeveless top with a high collar and matching long gloves. She wore a widen black and grey skirt with a grey sash around her waist. Beneath her marriage ceremonial attire was a short puffy pants with black lace socks and sandals. She also wore a black turban with a black and light yellow veil over and yellow crescent moon earrings. When she and Naruto got married, Hinata wore a traditional white wedding kimono, her long hair had been done up, and she had been wearing lipstick.

After becoming a mother, Hinata has cut her hair and bangs to shoulder-length. Her attire consists of a maroon jacket with a dark purple shirt and a cream coloured skirt. She also wears a pair of lavender slippers. Years later, Hinata has let her hair grow long again, and ties it in a ponytail now. She also dons an outfit that consists of a long-sleeved, collared white shirt, lavender dress, and blue pants. By the time of Boruto's graduation exams, she had cut her hair short once more. She also wears a light purple short-sleeved jacket with a white shirt underneath, light brown shorts and a pair of purple open-toed boots.

Abilities

Hinata using one of her clan's advanced secret techniques.

Despite being deemed a failure by her father in Part I, Hinata became determined to get stronger, fighting bravely against her stronger cousin Neji in the Chūnin Exams despite losing. Since then, her new-found resolve enabled her to greatly sharpen and develop her skills, ultimately changing her father's opinion about her and becoming a chūnin by Part II.[3] During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Hiashi even considered his daughter strong enough to protect Neji now as much as he protected her.[18] Naruto also praised Hinata's strength, recalling how she fought against Pain when he was incapacitated.[19] After receiving Hamura Ōtsutsuki's chakra two years later, Hinata became strong enough to help Naruto destroy Toneri's Tenseigan that was drawing the moon towards Earth, while once again receiving praise from Naruto for her improved skills.[6]

Byakugan

Hinata with her Byakugan activated.

As a Hyūga, Hinata possesses the Byakugan, a dōjutsu which grants her a near 360° field of x-ray vision (with the exception of a small blind spot at the upper thoracic vertebrae). She can focus her Byakugan's sight to drastically increase its range in one direction to at least 20 kilometres.[6] Hinata's Byakugan can also see through genjutsu,[20] and help Ino time and pinpoint her Mind Body Switch Technique.[21] In the anime, she can magnify her vision to zoom in on small insects while also in infrared,[22] and even accurately aim chakra needles at fast and small targets.[23] In Part II of the anime, Hinata's mastery of her Byakugan could adjust to light to accurately see Guren's real chakra network and not the reflections created by the latter's crystal labyrinth.[24]

Taijutsu

Hinata's Gentle Fist stance.

With the Byakugan's ability to see opponent's chakra pathway system, Hinata specialises in the Hyūga's signature Gentle Fist taijutsu style. It allows her to surgically inject chakra into an opponent's chakra network to cause severe internal trauma with minimal contact. Before she was even a genin, Hinata's skills impressed her fellow clan members, but her father originally considered her weaker than Hanabi, partly due to her unwillingness to hurt her younger sister in their duel.[8][9] However, in the anime, after Tsunade became Hokage, Hiashi trusted Hinata to begin Senbon Sparring: an elaborate Hyūga ritual where one must spar nearly one thousand times in succession.[25] She could even use the Gentle Fist to relocate Naruto's dislocated shoulder.[26] By the time she became an adult, Hinata had become a master of the Gentle Fist fighting style.[27]

Hinata also improved her natural flexibility, creating the Protecting Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, which utilises her excellent natural flexibility and coordination to both attack and defend at the same time.[32] In Part II of the anime, she also dodged most of Nurari's attacks, despite the latter's elastic body.[33] She also has fast reflexes, narrowly evading Neji by spinning out of the way when they nearly bumped into each other around a corner, surprising her cousin.

Chakra Prowess and Control

Hinata aiding in using the Four-Corner Sealing Barrier.

After the Chūnin Exams, Hinata trained in further developing her great chakra control. In the anime, she was shown forming an orb of water around herself, as well as chakra needles. Her excellent chakra control is best seen with the Protecting Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, emitting streams of chakra from her palms to create extremely sharp blades to attack and defend. By Part II of the anime, Hinata's control has advanced enough to match a medical-nin, easily managing to perform and sustain the Four-Corner Sealing Barrier better than Ino, a medical-nin herself.

Hinata using Hamura's chakra.

As a member of the Hyūga's main family, Hinata inherited powerful chakra directly from Hamura Ōtsutsuki. The strength and purity of this chakra is what drew Toneri to her. When she met Hamura on the moon, he transferred his own chakra and will to her, giving her the power to destroy the Tenseigan (albeit with Naruto's aid), as well as changing her chakra colour from blue to purple. In addition, Hinata's reserves grew considerably and she learned to transfer her chakra to others, instantly recharging a drained Naruto with no signs of exhaustion.[6]

Ninjutsu

Medical Ninjutsu

Hinata using the Mystical Palm Technique.

Hinata has some medical knowledge, being able to make a special ointment to assist in healing wounds. She is also capable of using her Byakugan and Gentle Fist for medical purposes, as seen when she relocated Naruto's shoulder in the Fourth Shinobi World War. In the anime, Hinata is shown able to use medical ninjutsu, witnessed from her use of the Mystical Palm Technique to heal the injured citizens of the Hachō Village.[34]

Nature Transformation

Other Skills

Like her team-mates, Hinata is a skilled tracker. She regularly uses this skill alongside her Byakugan to expand her study of the area. She is also fairly intelligent, as she was able to answer most of the questions on the written portion of the Chūnin Exams without being shown cheating. In the anime, Hinata was noted by Naruto to be excellent at cooking.[35] She also is very skilled in knitting.

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Part I

Prologue — Land of Waves

In the anime, Hinata was first seen along with the graduating class, including Naruto. She silently hoped that she would be on the same team with Naruto, though it was to not to be the case, much to her disappointment. She was grouped into Team 8 along with Kiba Inuzuka, Akamaru, and Shino Aburame.

Chūnin Exams

When the Chūnin Exams began, Hinata entered with her team-mates in an attempt to change herself. During the first test, she was seated next to Naruto, and when Naruto was struggling to complete the written exam, she offered to let him cheat off her test. However, after seeing the penalty for cheating on a student just behind them, he refused so she wouldn't get in trouble, and because he was too proud to cheat. His inspiring speech at the end of the first test gave her the confidence to not give up, so the proctor, Ibiki Morino, passed everyone in the group who didn't refuse to take the tenth question.

In the second part of the exam, during the Forest of Death, she used her Byakugan to locate enemies. After coming up with a strategy and a shinobi team came their way, her team quickly managed to retrieve their scroll, becoming one of the first genin teams to do so in that exam. When Kiba and Akamaru smelled a second target, they witnessed the Three Sand Siblings' confrontation with a team of Ame genin. After Gaara killed the Amegakure genin, they hid behind a bush, hoping not to be caught and killed.

Hinata vs. Neji.

In the preliminaries, Hinata had to face her much stronger cousin, Neji, in combat. She almost broke down and gave up after Neji berated her on being a failure that could never change. This angered Naruto, and he encouraged Hinata, giving her the strength to fight her cousin. Despite being outmatched and having her chakra cut off, she continued to fight. Neji was surprised when she refused to give up, even becoming enraged when she accused him of being the weak one who fights what he is. He charged at her, but the jōnin in attendance restrained him before he could kill her. When Hinata was taken away to the emergency room, Naruto dipped his fingers in her blood and vowed to defeat Neji in her place. Later, despite her loss, when confronted by her family at the foolishness of choosing to fight Neji, Hinata strongly voiced her conviction in what she did, not ashamed and determined to better herself.[36]

A month later, Naruto, concerned that he would be unable to defeat Neji despite his vow, ran into Hinata at the training grounds. When he revealed his growing doubts about the match and his own abilities to Hinata, she reassured him that he never gave up because he always had the strength to overcome his own failures, which was something she admired, and that she had become more confident after he cheered for her. This brought Naruto out of his depression and gave him the drive to go face Neji. She later watched his match, but due to the injuries she received from Neji not being fully healed, Hinata passed out and did not see the outcome of the match. Kiba got her medical attention from Kabuto Yakushi, who was disguised as an Anbu. She was healed, but remained unconscious for the rest of the Konoha Crush.

Konoha Crush

Bikōchū Search Mission

Team 8 and Naruto searching for the bikōchū.

In the anime, Team 8 and Naruto are sent to capture a bikōchū beetle that could track Sasuke Uchiha's scent — a mission that Hinata had insisted on. During the mission she develops her Protecting Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, and managed to save Naruto and the rest of Team 8 by using it against hostile bug-users. During the first episode of this arc, Naruto came the across the silhouette of a naked Hinata training in a waterfall at night. Oblivious to who she was (and apparently her state of undress), he tried to approach and speak to her, only to slip on a rock and splash into the river. Startled, Hinata ran before Naruto could see who she is. Next day, he told Kiba about how he saw a "beautiful girl" at the waterfall, much to Hinata's intense embarrassment.

Academy Student Lead Mission

In the anime, the Academy students were divided into teams of three and were assigned to a genin who would lead them on a mission against the other teams. Hinata was assigned to lead a team of three academy students; Nobori, Daichi and Matsuri. Her time with them was not covered much except that she was good at setting up camp and was doing better than Naruto.

Gosunkugi Capture Mission

Hinata's Naruto-shaped rice ball.

In the anime, Hinata accompanied Naruto and Kiba to catch a thief. During their travel, she gave Naruto a rice ball that is a replica of himself. Ultimately because someone else caught Gosunkugi (albeit with their help accidentally), the mission was considered a failure.

Buried Gold Excavation Mission

In the anime, as a result of these previous failed missions, Hinata, Naruto, and Kiba were threatened with being returned to the Academy if they did not succeed in finding hidden treasure. The group initially had difficulty working together due to friction between Naruto and Kiba. When they were captured by a group of ninja that could perfectly transform into copies of others, it was up to Hinata to save them and scare them away. She was unable to pursue them because of a leg injury, so Naruto and Kiba did so for her. Hinata later returned, and mistakenly attacked Naruto after he absent-mindedly put down the chest, which had distinguished him from the impostor.

Peddlers Escort Mission

During this anime arc, Hinata managed to defeat a powerful ninja, Jiga, although she nearly sacrificed her life in doing so.

Lady Daimyō Search Mission

In the anime, she helped her team-mates navigate the halls of a strange castle, which was actually a summoned chameleon in disguise, to save a daimyō's wife.

Sunagakure Support Mission

In the anime, Hinata continued to develop a much better relationship with her father, who encouraged her to do her best after her near-success in the bikōchū mission. Neji also got along well with her, sparring with her and caring about her well-being. When Naruto left to train with Jiraiya at the end of the series, she watched him leave, but was unable to bring herself to say goodbye to him. As he left, she vowed to become stronger, and to work as hard as he did.

Interlude

In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths

Team Kurenai competing in the Chūnin Exams.

Two years after Naruto left the village to train with Jiraiya, Konoha decided to host an early Chūnin Exam alongside Sunagakure. Once entering the exams, Hinata and her team-mates were randomly split into different rooms to take the written test. Shikamaru, as proctor, explained that everyone only needs to answer one question on the test each with different worth, but their team's combined score must equal exactly 100 points to pass. Neji soon figured out a way to solve the problem.[37] By sending a specific amount of vibrations through the walls, their team members could catch on and know which question to answer. After time was up, Shikamaru revealed a bonus question that must be answered unanimously. They were asked what member of their respective team would be chosen to be a decoy and the one picked would be disqualified. Hinata, along with her team, didn't answer as they valued their friendship too much. Ultimately, her team passed the first round. However, because there were too many participants left, a preliminary round was added where everyone must race to Sunagakure and only the first 30 teams to arrive would qualify for the second exam.[38]

Hinata faces off against Kazami.

Ultimately, her team were among the first 30 teams to make it. The following day, the second exam began. Each teams was each given either a Heaven or Earth scroll and were required to obtain the missing scroll. They were then required to bring the set to the main building in the centre of Demon Desert within three days.[39] Ultimately, a Kusa-nin team came after them. Hinata faced off with Kazami, using her Gentle Fist techniques to repel his wind attacks. Ultimately, the enemies got Team Kurenai's Earth scroll and retreated. While escaping Hinata's sight and blocking Kiba's smell respectively, Shino set one of his female insects on the enemy to track. While pursuing the enemy, Hinata and her team-mates fell into a quicksand pit. Akamaru, however, was able to use his Dynamic Marking to solidify the sand enough for the team to escape.[40]

As Kiba and Akamaru continued following the scent, they soon found it multiplied and scattered throughout the area. When Shino's bugs failed to find the enemies as well and suggested going after other enemy scrolls, Kiba, realised that Burami's scent was on his clothes from their earlier scuffle, Kiba used it to find the real enemy. While back on the trail again, the enemies ambushed Team Kurenai. While initially overwhelmed, the team swapped out of the predicament with Shino's insect clones, allowing them to regroup. Seeing through the enemies' tactics, Team Kurenai quickly pressured the Kusa-nin before Kiba finished them off with his Three-Headed Wolf technique, earning Team Kurenai both the Heaven and Earth scrolls.[41] Later, Team Kurenai was caught in a massive sandstorm.[42] Ultimately, the team was rescued by the Suna-nin proctors and brought to a building to wait out the storm before resuming the exams.[43]

Hinata and the other genin being promoted to chūnin.

After the storm passed and the second exam was concluded, it was learned that the Chūnin Exams were ended early due to controversy happening in the second exam. Instead, it was decided by Gaara that a report on each participant would be sent to their respective village leader for them to decide if they would be promoted. Upon returning to the village, Hinata's team was all promoted to chūnin status.[44]

Part II

Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission

In Part II, she had attained the rank of chūnin, and was still part of Team 8, renamed Team Kurenai. When Naruto greeted her, she passed out, overcome by the prospect of meeting him for the first time in two and a half years.

In the anime, just when she regained her consciousness, Naruto came to her and asked, very vaguely, to come with him on his mission, telling her "don't say a word and come with me". Hinata misinterpreted the words and promptly passed out again. After this, Hinata asked Kiba if she seemed more grown-up, in the hopes of impressing Naruto. Kiba jokingly teased her, by saying she was still as silly as ever, and then told her that Naruto was behind her, surprising and upsetting her when she discovered it was a lie.

Akatsuki Suppression Mission

In the anime, she can be seen at Asuma's funeral. Later, she can be seen by a river with her team-mates, she's overjoyed to hear that Naruto is working so hard to hone his new technique. She is then reprimanded by Kiba, who teases her about why she's blushing, causing her to back away with embarrassment.

Three-Tails' Appearance

Main article: Three-Tails' Appearance
In the anime, Hinata and her team-mates were specifically picked by Kakashi for their skills in tracking to find Orochimaru's hideout. They found a booby-trapped hideout, but they made it out. While knowing this hideout might have only been a diversion they continued to look. They ran into some of Guren's men and battled Nurari in Kiba's place, using the Byakugan to navigate through the smoke that interfered with Kiba's sense of smell.

Hinata prepares her attack on Guren.

They were trapped in Guren's crystal labyrinth and despite having difficulty focusing with her Byakugan because of the reflective images Guren's technique created, she was able to find Guren. Hinata then fought and defeated Guren, though it turned out to be only a clone, and the real Guren trapped her in crystal. Hinata was later freed by her team-mates, and she informed them of how she avoided being completely crystallised by Guren's technique by surrounding herself in chakra.

Itachi Pursuit Mission

Team 7 and 8 set out to pursue Itachi.

Team 8 was recruited to help Team 7 find Itachi Uchiha. They split up to try and find his trail, and Hinata was added to Naruto's group. They were soon confronted by Kabuto Yakushi and Hinata used her Byakugan to see that one-third of Kabuto had been taken over by Orochimaru's remains.

Fated Battle Between Brothers

Later, when the Eight Man Squad regrouped, they came across Tobi, who appeared to be block their path to Sasuke. During the battle that followed, Hinata took the role of stationary scout, using her Byakugan to follow Tobi's chakra signal. When Tobi left after receiving word that Sasuke had killed Itachi, Kakashi instructed Hinata to locate the site of their battle. They tried to reach it before Tobi, but were too late and were forced to return home.

Six-Tails Unleashed

Main article: Six-Tails Unleashed
In the anime, after the mission to locate Itachi failed, she and the rest of the Eight Man Squad were intercepted by Katsuyu, informing Team Yamato of a new mission. The two groups departed with Hinata, her team-mates, and Kakashi returning to Konoha.

Pain's Assault

During the beginning of the assault of the village, Hinata was with her team-mates, watching the disaster. They later separated with Shino and Kiba going to find their parents.

Hinata intervenes to protect Naruto.

After Pain destroyed the village, Hinata emerged from the rubble without any major injuries along with her bodyguard, Kō Hyūga. As Kō was not so fortunate, Hinata tried to find him medical attention, but he refused as his only concern was her safety. Once realising that Naruto was fighting Pain all by himself, she attempted to run to his side, but was stopped by Kō, who warned her she'd only be a burden. Just as she seemingly accepted Kō's words, Naruto was pinned down by Pain. She decided to intervene, despite knowing she did not have the ability to defeat him. When Naruto asked why she would throw away her life, she responded that it was because she loved him, which greatly shocked Naruto.

In the anime, she was able to remove a few of the Chakra Disruption Blades that were on Naruto and even land a blow against the Deva Path. While he did eventually subdue her with Shinra Tensei, he was puzzled why she was willing to fight despite being weakened by his blow. Hinata, crawling near Naruto and still attempting to remove the chakra blade from him, replied by echoing Naruto's words: it is her nindō. With that response, the Deva Path stabbed her with one of his chakra blades. Enraged, Naruto slipped into his six-tailed form, while a barely conscious Hinata looked on.

As the battle between Naruto and Pain raged on, Team Guy arrived at Hinata's side, and rushed her away from the battlefield and to Sakura's side. When her wounds were healed, Hinata expressed relief over news that Naruto had defeated Pain. When Naruto came back to the village, she shed tears of joy that he was all-right, and was seen later on smiling as the villagers celebrated Naruto's victory.

Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha

Five Kage Summit

Most of the Konoha 11 meet to discuss Sasuke.

Hinata and the rest of the Konoha 11, minus Team Kakashi, decided that, in light of Sasuke's criminal actions, they should personally eliminate him before he can involve Konoha in a war. After Naruto was informed of their intentions and met with Sasuke, he told them to leave Sasuke to him. As several of the members voiced their discontentment with this as they feared that Sasuke's actions would incite a war, Hinata watched on as Naruto once again firmly stated that he would handle Sasuke and also tell them everything when the time was right.

In the anime, Hinata had a conversation with Shikamaru about Naruto when he was in his six-tailed form. She stated that Naruto transformed in order to protect her, but was concerned about his display of intense rage and loss of control.[45]

Power

Main article: Power (Arc)
In the anime, she was one of the Konoha-nin who arrived as backup and took care of a unconscious Naruto. When the Naruto clone attacked Naruto to acquire more power, Hinata intervened, but was unable to stop it. She later joined her comrades in battling Kabuto Yakushi's reincarnated shinobi.

Paradise Life on a Boat

Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation

Hinata was later assigned to the Second Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces alongside Neji, Kurotsuchi and Karui. She commented that she was a little nervous, while Karui told her that war was nothing to worry about. However, she instantly noted that many ninja didn't trust each other due to years of being each other's enemies which worried her.

Hinata and Neji protecting each other during the war.

Hinata's division was deployed to an area where the White Zetsu Army was discovered travelling underground. When Kurotsuchi and Kitsuchi used their technique to unearth the army of White Zetsu clones, she and Neji attacked them simultaneously with the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm. Later during the battle, Hinata saved Neji from an attack by a White Zetsu clone.

At the end of the first day of battle, after Neji collapsed from fatigue, Hinata took his place alongside Shino. When Shino told her not to overexert herself as he already had his kikaichū scattered around to help detect the enemy, Hinata thanked him and thinking about Naruto, she resolutely told him that failure was not an option as this was a war to protect Naruto.

In the anime, she, Shino and Kiba were sent to investigate a suspected breach of the Allied Shinobi Forces perimeter and encountered a cave filled with enemy White Zetsu Army forces. Engaging the forces, Hinata sent out a messenger owl to the Sealing Team and she alongside, Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru, hold off the opposition until the team can arrive and seal the cave. When the two members of the sealing team arrived, they immediately began the process to seal the cave, however, as Team 8 escapes, the White Zetsu clones follow, forcing Kiba to attack them. In the process, a lamp was overturned and it lit a trail of oil leading to several crates of explosive tags. With Akamaru unable to douse the flames, the crates exploded with Hinata knocked out as a surviving White Zetsu clone absorbed her to pose as her. After Shino and Kiba snuffed the imposter out, her team-mates found her. Discussing what had transpired, the team's drive to destroy the enemy was renewed after they realised that the enemy had been using Yamato to gain personal intel on them, with Hinata shocked that their foes know of her feelings for Naruto.[46]

The next morning, Hinata's division resumed battling the White Zetsu clones. She aided Neji in saving allies from the reincarnated Kidōmaru's Spider Sticky Gold projectiles and cutting them free from the spider webs that bound them. While Hinata was horrified at the Oto-nin's senseless fighting, striking down both enemies and allies with no regard, Neji decided to face Kidōmaru personally. Later, Hinata found Neji unconscious with Kiba and Akamaru. Shino told her not touch Neji, for they still don't know for sure if it was not another White Zetsu clone. Checking her team-mates' condition with Byakugan, she was shocked to find that their chakra flow had been completely stopped. Inoichi, contacting telepathically, deduced that the technique removed the victim's soul and transported it to another location. From this, he explained that this technique could be dispelled like genjutsu, by pouring chakra into the actual technique. However, it had a seal that prevented Inoichi, even equipped with special enhancement tools, from being able to detect or communicate with them. Eventually, Naruto found the seal and broke it, allowing Inoichi to telepathically dispel the technique. Upon Neji's awakening, a tearful Hinata hugged Neji in joy.[47]

Naruto saves Hinata from the disguised White Zetsu Army clones.

While fighting, she was attacked by three White Zetsu clones transformed into Kumo-nin simultaneously, but they were intercepted and defeated by one of Naruto's shadow clones. After Kiba, Akamaru, Shino and Neji arrived on the scene, Neji demanded that Naruto proved who he is, but Hinata told them that if they looked into his eyes, they would know that he was in fact Naruto. Lamenting the fact that though she wanted to protect Naruto, he ended up saving her instead. However, Naruto saw her sorrow and reassured her that she was very strong, recounting her coming to his aid during Pain's assault on Konoha, to which she silently thanked him for. The team then mobilised to finish off the rest of the enemies. After being informed by Inoichi from headquarters that Naruto and Killer B were fighting the "masked Madara", Hinata and the rest of the Konoha 11 rushed to his aid. As she ran alongside Neji, she thought of Naruto and asked him to wait for her, and that instead of running after him, she'd be walking with him, hand-in-hand, once the war had ended.

Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax

Hinata, and the remaining Allied shinobi arrive to defend the jinchūriki.

Finally arriving at the battlefield, Hinata guided Ino as she used the Mind Body Switch Technique to take control of Obito Uchiha, and sent the would-be fatal attack off-course. Hinata then immediately asked Naruto whether or not he was okay, and later stood with the rest of the Allied Shinobi Forces as they faced their opposition.

The Hyūga declare that they will protect Naruto.

Joining her father and cousin on the front-lines, Hinata declared that they would protect Naruto no matter what as he was the key to the final strategy Shikaku imparted to them to stop the Ten-Tails. As several projectiles flew towards them, Hinata used the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to deflect them and watched on as her father later deflected one of the Ten-Tails' arms. When the beast decided to use a pinpoint attack on Naruto, Hinata realised that she would not be able to deflect it in time and was prepared to lie down her life a human shield. However, she found herself protected by Neji as he intercepted the fatal attack. Devastated, as her cousin fell on the battlefield, Hinata openly cried, as he imparted his final words to them and passed away.

Naruto transferring Kurama's chakra to Hinata.

After Obito attempted to shatter Naruto's belief in himself, Hinata reaffirmed Naruto's ninja way by telling him that if his life was connected with everyone who shared his beliefs, and have sacrificed themselves for him like Neji had, and that to stop believing in himself would make their sacrifices in vain. With her words reaching him, Naruto took Hinata's hand and he admiringly thanked her for staying by his side. As he entered Tailed Beast Mode, Naruto transferred some of Kurama's chakra to Hinata and signalled her to get ready.

Hinata deflects the Ten-Tails' attack.

Amazed by the chakra that had surrounded her, and even further by the fact that Naruto was actually handling such chakra, Hinata later used the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm to deflect one of the beast's tails which was headed towards her — a feat which amazed her father who was awed that the simple form of the technique coupled with Kurama's chakra had produced such a powerful effect. She then turned to see Lee mourning Neji's death and listened on as Obito attempted to decry their beliefs to no avail.

Charging towards the opposition alongside the others, Hinata used her Gentle Fist to fix Naruto's dislocated shoulder joint so that he could throw his Rasenshuriken. When the protective shroud given to her and the other shinobi disappeared after protecting them from several attacks including the Tenpenchii, Hinata led the other shinobi to form a defensive line in front of Naruto while he was being healed by Sakura. She later watched on as the Ten-Tails prepared to attack the division with yet another Tailed Beast Ball before being saved by the arrival of the Fourth Hokage on the battlefield.

Hinata completing the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.

Following Kiba's proclamation that they were joining the fight after witnessing Team 7's actions, Hinata attacked a mini-clone of the Ten-Tails with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. For a moment however, she stumbled after executing only thirty-two strikes, leading her to think that she was at her limit and would not be able to complete the sixty-four strikes. She then recalled Naruto's determination, and Neji's instructions, and found the determination to finish the sixty-four strikes, therefore completing the technique. Afterwards, Hinata prepared her Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists to attack them with and declared her intent and determination to make it through the battle and to forever be by Naruto's side when it ends.[48] She later watched on as the main body of the beast was attacked by Naruto and Sasuke, and silently spurred them on. She later watched with her Byakugan as the battle against Obito waged on, and reported to Sakura and those around her, the progress of the battle.

Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki

With the situation looking grim as the Alliance was trapped in a barrier with a Tailed Beast Ball-firing tree, Hinata and the other shinobi soon found themselves shrouded in the previous Version 1 mantles again. He and the others subsequently found themselves on the outside of the barrier, escaping the near-fatal attack thanks to Naruto and Minato's action. She then tried to explain what had happened when an irate Kiba cursed that Naruto could achieve such a feat.

Hinata and her comrades using Naruto's Rasengan to attack Obito.

As Obito unleashed the tree form of the Ten-Tails, its branches begin decimating the battlefield and absorbing the chakra of countless ninja, killing them. Hashirama Senju had Ino Yamanakalink-up telepathically to try and rally everyone. While Hashirama's words failed to inspire anyone, Naruto's senjutsu-enhanced Tailed Beast Mode combined with Ino's telepathy caused his emotions and personal memories to be transferred to everyone. Hinata sympathised with Naruto over the loss of Neji and later watched on in worry as Naruto joined Sasuke on the battlefield. She later looked on as Shikamaru was resuscitated as a result of the combined efforts of Sakura, Naruto and Tsunade. She noted that she wanted to continue to walk beside Naruto so she would continue to give it her all. She later mobilised alongside her comrades and was shocked when Naruto's Tailed Beast Mode mantle surrounded them when they enter Kurama's tails. Using this form and the Rasengan Naruto created, they were able to break through Obito's defences and create an opening for Naruto and Sasuke to attack them. Afterwards, she and her comrades assisted Naruto with extracting the tailed beasts' chakra from within Obito in order to stop the tree from blooming.

Though Obito was defeated, Hinata and the rest of the Alliance were assaulted by Tobi. As the Alliance struggled against the new threat, Kiba and Ino sensed Naruto's presence on their battlefield. Activating her Byakugan, only to discover to her horror that Naruto was in critical condition with his heartbeat slowly becoming weaker. Rushing to his aid, an exhausted Hinata tripped and fell, all the while worried about Naruto's condition, silently pleading to Neji to protect him.

Hinata falls victim to the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Later, when Madara Uchiha finally succeeded with the activation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, much like the rest of the world, she too fell under the genjutsu's power. As she was being wrapped up by the Ten-Tails' roots, the still-conscious Hinata mentally called out for Naruto. Inside the genjutsu, Hinata dreamt of being a couple with Naruto, while Hanabi and Neji watched from afar.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes

After Naruto was able to defeat and reform Sasuke, Hinata and everyone else were released from the Infinite Tsukuyomi. She later attended Neji's funeral alongside Naruto and the rest of the Konoha shinobi.

Blank Period

Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky

Main article: Kakashi Hiden: Lightning in the Icy Sky
Four months after Kakashi officially became the Sixth Hokage, Hinata, along with Sakura and Ino, were one of the many who kept interrupting Kakashi from reading the letter he received from Kahyō. After discovering that it was Naruto who had been badly misinforming the villagers by openly publicising his fantasies about Kakashi's feelings for Kahyō, Kakashi hit Naruto in anger for his prank, but Hinata immediately helped Naruto up and scolded the Hokage.

The Last: Naruto the Movie

Two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Hinata had fixed Naruto's old red scarf and planned to give it to him at the Rinne Festival to once again confess her feelings for him, but encountered problems such as her own shyness and the new competition with the many young women for Naruto's affections due to his new-found popularity. When Hinata finally made an attempt to give it to him, she saw Naruto wearing a new scarf around his neck, which made her sadly back down as she thought it was given by another girl. Later, while Hinata was alone, she was confronted by Toneri, who claimed that he came for her. Confused upon hearing that he came for her, Hinata was rendered unconscious by Toneri after the puppet shinobi restrained her. However, Naruto saved her from her kidnapper, only the red scarf she made was torn. After Naruto saved Hinata, Toneri appeared before the two and stated the end of the world is coming. Before he disappeared, he told Hinata that he'll be waiting for her answer. After Toneri disappeared, Hinata and Naruto witnessed a meteor crash outside the village. When Hanabi was captured by Toneri, Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Sai, and Shikamaru were then dispatched to rescue Hanabi. As they began their search with Sai's courtesy, Hinata and Naruto found Hanabi's kunai and later regrouped with the others. They eventually found a cave with a secret path towards Toneri's location, however Hinata was unable to use her Byakugan due to the lake distorting her vision.

After the team entered into the lake, they fell into the Gatekeeper's genjutsu, which caused them all to drift into a sleep and dream about their own memories. However, inside the trap, Hinata's scarf accidently got out of her bag and began to wrap around Naruto, allowing her memories to flow into his and saw first hand how much she loved him since childhood. After her memories showed Naruto, Sakura dispelled the genjutsu on him after releasing Hinata, Shikamaru, and Sai.

Hinata confronts "Toneri".

While Shikamaru, Sai, Sakura, and Naruto went ahead after they found another lake, Hinata was about to follow them until Toneri arrived and proposed marriage to her. She refused, only wanting her sister back. She became horrified to find out that Toneri took Hanabi's eyes out and implanted them into his own to awaken the Tenseigan. He then proceeded to show her the history of the Ōtsutsuki clan and Hamura's will towards mankind should they use chakra as a weapon rather than peace as his brother Hagoromo wanted. When Naruto intervened, Toneri, revealing to be only a puppet substitute, stated he would wait for her answer.

They arrived at an abandoned village and travelled with Naruto while the latter is ironically oblivious to Naruto's advances as he was to hers during their travel together. They later found a monument with a patriarch‎ of the Ōtsutsuki clan, showing her the true history of their clan, that Toneri was misinterpreting their will, and only she could stop him due to her being a direct descendant of Hamura. She then met an elderly Hamura himself, who pleaded with her to not let the world his brother made be destroyed. When Naruto and the others asked what she saw, she denied it being important.

Later, while fixing the scarf, Naruto approached her and confessed his love for her, leaving her speechless. However, Toneri interrupted and wanted to hear Hinata's answer, to which she pretended to accept his marriage proposal so she could save Hanabi and stop his plan. Although it seemed that she coldly turned on Naruto, she was deeply hurt by her choice before losing consciousness. After waking up in Toneri's castle, Hinata found a comatose Hanabi and silently vowed to save her and destroy the energy vessel for the Tenseigan. While Toneri took Hinata to Hamura's shrine, she managed to discover the vessel's location, but when she used the time to destroy it, she got caught by Toneri, who angrily revealed his suspicions about her intentions and only loving Naruto. After Toneri callously destroyed her replacement scarf that was meant for Naruto, he forced a green orb into her, brainwashing her to become his bride. After Toneri sealed Hinata's spirit inside of a painting, she shed a tear while thinking about her regret over what she did to Naruto.

Hinata transfers her chakra to Naruto.

Later, with the wedding almost finished, Toneri and Hinata were about to have their kiss, but Naruto arrived just in time to disrupt the ceremony, angering Toneri. To humiliate Naruto, Toneri forced the brainwashed Hinata to attack him, and after he managed to free her from Toneri's control, Hinata apologised to Naruto for breaking his heart, to which he reassured her that he already forgave her. As Naruto and Hinata regrouped with the rest of the team (including Hanabi) after the two destroyed the Tenseigan vessel, Naruto then happily took a small remnant of Hinata's scarf, saying that even in its ruined state, he would cherish it, which left her on the brink of tears of joy by his kind gesture. However, Toneri returned and imprisoned Hinata, forcing her to watch as he tried to kill Naruto. Though, Naruto was able to defeat him, freeing her as a result. Hinata then took Hanabi's eyes back, and protected Naruto from Toneri's chakra drain by sharing Hamura's chakra with him. Later, after Toneri was saved by Naruto, she showed him where she met Hamura's soul. Toneri learned how foolish he was and apologised for his actions, choosing live on the moon to atone his sins.

Naruto and Hinata share their first kiss together.

With the crisis averted, Hinata asked Naruto about his scarf he was wearing earlier, to which he revealed it was knitted by his late mother for him before he was born, which was why he was so protective of it, leaving Hinata relieved and embarrassed by her actions. Naruto proceeded to reiterate his love for Hinata and stated that he wanted to be with her forever, much to her happiness. The two then shared a kiss while floating in the sky.

Soon afterwards, Hinata and Naruto started dating. On one such occasion, he took her out to lunch at a restaurant, but got very worried that he didn't have enough money after seeing the prices. Seeing Naruto so nervous, Hinata picked up on this with her Byakugan and decided to spare his feelings by hiding her knowledge of his money shortage and tells him that they should go for a simple meal at Ichiraku.[49]

Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding

Main article: Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding
After several months of dating, Naruto and Hinata planned their wedding, with all their friends and Hinata's family attending. Before the wedding ceremony, Hinata was looking up at the clear sky and thought about Neji. She then noticed that Naruto was also looking up toward the sky, but at his father's face on the Hokage Monument. Feeling overjoyed to finally be marrying him, Hinata's face turned red when Naruto met her gaze and gave her an embarrassed smile. As the ceremony was about to begin, Hinata took Naruto's arm and held on tightly as her father and sister approached them.

Eventually, they had two children, Boruto and Himawari, to which the parents showed a very happy and loving family together.[6]

Epilogue

Hinata and Himawari visiting Neji's grave.

Hinata takes her daughter to visit Neji's grave on the day of the Kage Summit. Himawari asks her mother if her first cousin will be happy that they decorated the grave marker with sunflowers. Hinata assures her daughter that he will be, since she has the same name as the flowers. Himawari cheerfully suggests she wants to visit the memorial site again with her brother.

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

In Other Media

Movies

Naruto Shippūden the Movie

Hinata made a small cameo before Team 7 was being called up, Team 8, except Shino, were seen running through the streets.

Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds

After the attack on Konoha by the Land of the Sky, Naruto was assigned to escort a young girl, Amaru, (whom he had mistaken for a boy) and her sensei, Shinnō, back to their village, with Sakura and Hinata completing the three-man team. Upon arriving, they discovered it to have been attacked as well. A distraught Amaru recklessly ran into the village, accidentally setting off a trap hidden by the enemy. In the aftermath of the trap, Shinnō was tragically wounded in his successful attempt to save Amaru, and after a few weakened words, it was made apparent through Hinata's Byakugan that he was dying, and eventually appeared to succumb to his wounds.

Shortly afterwards, the three split up to investigate the area. Hinata was kidnapped and was held prisoner, along with the rest of Amaru's villagers. Thanks to the aid of Amaru, they were able to escape the prison, and eventually the flying island itself, riding aboard a flying boat of sorts down to the ground below. Hinata then became happy as Amaru saved Naruto from falling to his death.

Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire

Hinata was first seen when they celebrated for Naruto and Sai's recovery and ate barbecue, where she explained that she was told by Naruto to invite everyone.

Later, Hinata was sent with the rest of Konoha 11 to retrieve back Naruto and Sakura. Hinata's team caught up with Naruto and Sakura, with the rest of Konoha 11. Hinata and the others was caught by one of Hiruko's henchmen Ichi, and was freed by Tenten. Team Guy was left behind to take down the first of Hiruko's henchmen.

Hinata's team fought the second of Hiruko's henchmen, Ni and her chimera nin-dogs, Shino took down Ni's chimera nin-dogs, Ni became angry and used a Chimera Technique fusing herself with a large beast, while Kiba, Hinata, and Akamaru delayed her before Shino built a large pit trap, Hinata then saved Akamaru from Ni's whip. After being teased by Kiba, Ni fell into Shino's trap and was destroyed by Shino's Secret Technique: Insect Sphere. After Team 10 failed to defeat the last of Hiruko's henchmen, San, then summoned his two team-mates, Ichi and Ni, and used Chimera Technique, which made them turn into a massive flying beast. Hinata and the rest of Konoha 11 then arrived to back up Team 10, Shikamaru told Tenten to chain the beast's wings to restrict its flight, while all of the Konoha 11, except Shikamaru constricted the beast by holding the chains, Hinata and Neji then channeled their chakra through the chains destroying the beast, before it was re-summoned by Hiruko.

Hinata was later seen at Hiruko's temple, being as part of the Konoha 11 aiding taking down the Chimera that was summoned by Hiruko earlier. Hinata and Neji attacked the beast using the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms technique. Hinata made her last appearance along with the rest of Konoha 11, overhearing Kakashi and Naruto's weird conversation and stating that she never knew Kakashi had such preferences, along with Sakura and Ino, deeply embarrassing him.

Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison

Hinata appeared with the other members of the Konoha 11 to help Naruto to fight against Satori. She became extremely worried when Naruto was impaled, but was relieved when he survived due to Ryūzetsu's kekkei genkaitechnique.

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Hinata first appeared with her friends battling several White Zetsu clones disguised as deceased Akatsuki members. Later, a different version of her appeared in the alternate universe. There, compared to the Hinata that Naruto and Sakura know, Hinata was more assertive and very confident with herself and her figure, dressed in a more provocative attire. Her personality appeared to be similar to Ino. Like her counterpart, the alternate Hinata was in love with the Naruto of her world, but was much more assertive and aggressive about it to the point of threatening any girl with Naruto. This was demonstrated when she calmly told Sakura that if she kept on flirting with Naruto, Hinata would kill her. This results in Sakura being terrified and shocked of how bold and aggressive the alternate Hinata was in comparison to the one she knew.

In later instalments of the Clash of Ninja series, she is also playable in an "awakened" form. In this form, her clothes are similar to what she wore during the Bikōchū Search Mission, though the form itself is not based on the events of that arc. Awakened Hinata has a personality similar to Neji's during the Chūnin Exams, arrogantly challenging opponents and boasting about the power of the main branch of the Hyūga clan. While in this form, she is also able to use techniques such as Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. In Naruto Shippūden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3, Awakened Hinata can be used in the middle of battle by activating her Byakugan. In previous games, Awakened Hinata had to be specifically chosen during character selection. A similar form has appeared in Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 dubbed 'Byakugan Hinata', with the main difference being she wears the traditional Hyūga attire.

In several of the Ultimate Ninja Storm games, the team combination of Hinata and Naruto is titled "Secret Lovers" or "Joined Hands".

Hinata is popular in Naruto character popularity polls, frequently polled as most popular female character of the series and frequently making into the top 10 favourite characters.

During a 2010 interview, Kishimoto stated that many who work with him have told him Hinata would have made a better heroine than Sakura.

This is further extended in an omake in Naruto: Shippūdenepisode 165, where Sakura accuses Hinata of trying to become the main heroine of the series because of her massive popularity, much to her confusion. She is a main character in canonical movie, The Last: Naruto the Movie.

Later interviews revealed that Kishimoto had been building up Hinata to becoming part of the main cast ever since the Fourth Shinobi World War arc had started.

In Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire, taking presence possibly before the Three-Tails' Appearance arc, Hinata used the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms but as far as the manga goes, she wasn't able to do so until the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Quotes

(To Neji) "I will never go back on my word… Because that too is my nindō, my ninja way!"[51]

(To herself) "Naruto… I have always watched you… Watched you for many years… Why? I don't know why, but whenever I look at you… I feel more courage within me… It makes me feel like I can accomplish something if I try… It makes me feel like I am worth something…"[52]

(To Naruto) "In my eyes… you're a proud failure! When I look at you, I get an intense feeling in my heart… Because you're not perfect… Because you fail… you have the strength to get back up… Because I believe that is what true strength is…"[53]

(To Naruto) "I used to always cry and give up… I made many wrong turns… But you… You helped me find the right path… I always chased after you… I wanted to catch up to you… I wanted to walk beside you all the time… I just wanted to be with you… You changed me! Your smile is what saved me! That is why I'm not afraid to die protecting you! Because… I love you…"[15]

(To Shino) "Thank you Shino, but I want to do the best job I can. We're fighting this war to protect Naruto! Failure is not an option!"[54]

(To herself) "Naruto… I've always been chasing after you… Even now… But once this war ends, I'm going to stop once and for all… Because next time, I will be by your side, holding your hand… walking with you! Please wait for me!!"[55]

(To Naruto) "Neji just said… that your life is not just your own anymore… Do you understand what he meant? Your words and desire to not let your comrades die… Neither of them are lies! What inspired Neji and carried him this far were those very principles! It's not just you, Naruto… we all hold those same words and feelings within our hearts. They're what bind our lives together and make us comrades. If we all give up and discard those words and feelings now, Neji's sacrifice will have been for nothing… And that is when your comrades truly die, for you are no longer comrades then. That's how I feel… Therefore… stand up together with me, Naruto… Because never going back on one's word… is my ninja way too!"[56]